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Berlin Typography on Twitter: “The best of #TypeInBerlin: The tʒ and ſʒ ligatures, together at last.” / Güntʒelstraſʒe == Güntzelstraße

Posted by jpluimers on 2023/04/17

Learned a new thing a while ago: I knew about the ſʒ ligature (that nowadays usually is written as ß), but the tʒ ligature was new to me.

So: Güntʒelstraſʒe == Güntzelstraße.

References:

Source: [Archive.is] Berlin Typography on Twitter: “The best of #TypeInBerlin: The tʒ and ſʒ ligatures, together at last. …” / Twitter

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Low power timers for 6 hour on / 18 hours off in 24 hours time

Posted by jpluimers on 2023/04/14

Some notes, as in 2021, I started to see a lot of LED lights (often even LED string lights) being able to automatically do 6 hour on and 18 hour off in a 24 hour cycle to conserve battery usage and improve convenience.

Below are some links, as I might want to create such a circuit myself, maybe even with some solar charging. I’m especially interested to power these off 18650 Li-Ion batteries of which I wrote before (especially as you can easily salvage them from laptop or even e-bike battery packs).

Links via [Wayback/Archive] chip timer 6 hour per 24 hours – Google Search and [Wayback/Archive] microcontroller 6 hour on 18 off timer – Google Search:

–jeroen

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Two more Twitter bots that help with inclusion and accessibility (a11y): @get_altText and @captions_please

Posted by jpluimers on 2023/04/03

  1. [Archive] Alt Text Reader (@get_altText) / Twitter
    I read alt texts from images for you – just mention me in the reply to an image! (alt texts are a cool & accessible way to describe images – see pinned tweet)
    (If I’m broken, complain to @malfynnction)
  2. [Archive] captions_please (@captions_please) / Twitter

    I’m a bot, just starting to beep boop. Tag me in a tweet (or a reply to a tweet) and I’ll do my best to describe the image. Try @captions_please help for more

The first is developed and maintained by [Archive] φnn (@malfynnction) / Twitter with source code at [Wayback/Archive] malfynnction/AltText-Tweeter.

The second is developed and maintained by [Archive] Anil (@TheOtherAnil) / Twitter, with source code at [Wayback/Archive] AnilRedshift/captions_please_go where I learned the bot actually understands more commands, even some German:

Look for these methods in the file [Wayback/Archive] captions_please_go/parse_command.go at main · AnilRedshift/captions_please_go:

  • parseCommand
  • parseGerman
  • parseEnglish
  • parseGermanRemoveModifiers (removes words und and das)
  • parseGermanDirectives (understands the words hilfe, alternativtext, scannen, beschreiben, text)
  • parseEnglish
  • parseEnglishRemoveModifiers (removes words and and the)
  • parseEnglishLang (conditionally removes words in and into)
  • parseEnglishDirectives (understands the phrases help, auto, text, ocr, describe, caption, alttext, alt_text, alt text, translate, get)
  • parseTag (gets the target IETF Language Tag – like du-nl for Dutch-Netherlands or de-de for German-Germany, and fr-be for French-Belgium)
English / German Example Action
(nothing, internally called auto) As in @captions_please Tweets best it can do:

  • alt text if there is an image with an alt attribute,
  • ocr if there is an image without an alt attribute,
  • describe when no alt text or ocr can be returned.
help / hilfe As in @captions_please help Tweets help text
alt text, alttext, alt_text / alternativtext As in @captions_please alt text Tweets user-supplied alt text
ocr, text, get text / scannen As in @captions_please ocr Scan the image for text, then tweets the result
describe, caption / beschreiben As in @captions_please describe Tweets the AI generated description of the image
translate As in @captions_please translate Tweets the translated text

Also observe the commands set boolean flags in a structure, so it is possible to issue multiple commands at once (like @captions_please ocr translate fr-be)

The above Twitter accounts are complementing the below accounts/commands that I wrote about in One of the coolest Twitter bots commands: @AltTextCrew OCR please (and which both are being developed and maintained by [Archive] LGBTired 🏳️‍⚧️⚢ (@hbeckpdx) | Twitter):

 

–jeroen

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Reminder to self: check if FritzOS 7.50 has become available for Fritz!Box 7490

Posted by jpluimers on 2023/03/31

This post is a reminder to myself to check if Fritz!Box 7490 can be upgraded to the FritzOS (sometimes spelled Fritz!OS or FRITZ!OS) 7.50, which is the firmware that introduced WireGuard on various Fritz!Box models.

Initially it wasn’t available for the wildly popular Fritz!Box 7490 series which, at the time of writing was still a current Fritz!Box model, has been very popular in The Netherlands because of (now defunct) internet provider XS4ALL started shipping it to customers almost 10 years ago ([Wayback/Archive] Property:XS4ALL – BoxMatrix). Currently Fritz!Box products are offered by KPN, Solcon and Freedom Internet.

So I asked [Wayback/Archive] Jeroen Wiert Pluimers @wiert@mastodon.social on Twitter: “Is there any information if (and hopefully estimate when) the @AVM_NL @AVM_DE 7.50 firmware is going to be available for the (in The Netherlands very well sold/distributed) Fritz!Box 7490 model? FritzOS 7.50 supports @WireGuardVPN: a big step forward.”

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Attackers Tier List | Pokemon GO Wiki – GamePress

Posted by jpluimers on 2023/03/27

The next time I need to figure out what to use my TM items for is to read [Wayback/Archive] Attackers Tier List | Pokemon GO Wiki – GamePress.

The intro of it:

The Attackers Tier List aims to tackle the question of where best to spend your resources (Stardust, Rare Candy, and TMs). The Attackers Tier List highlights what are arguably the best Raid Pokemon in the game, divided into three distinct sections.

  1. A rotating “Flavor of the Month” with counters not featured in the core list for current [Tier 5] Raid Bosses
  2. A list of Mega Evolved Pokemon that are boosted by the current season, which may include Pokemon that are also on the tier list in other capacities.
  3. A core list of top attackers with good matchups against many Gym defenders and past / future Raid Bosses, ranked from S to C.

While the top attackers may fluctuate with additions of new Pokemon and moves into the game, we anticipate entries on this core list to be highly used in Raid and Gym battles. All trainers should feel confident in powering up and adding these Pokemon to their team.

The best Pokemon to power up will always be the ones immediately useful, so pay attention to Raid Boss rotations! The Flavor of the Month spotlights Pokemon currently useful who aren’t on the tier list. They can provide nice alternatives for those without the superior species on the tier list.

Via [Archive] Murdock (@Generic42) / Twitter.

–jeroen

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Informatiekaarten over palliatieve zorg – Pharos

Posted by jpluimers on 2023/03/24

De praatkaart gewoon sterven van Pharos staat op [Wayback/Archive] Informatiekaarten over palliatieve zorg – Pharos.

De kaart zelf is [Wayback/Archive preview] https://www.pharos.nl/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Praatkaarten-gewoons…

Via: [Archive] Gudule Boland on Twitter: “Wat gebeurt er als iemand doodgaat? Veel mensen kennen het natuurlijke proces van sterven niet. Deze gratis informatiekaart legt het uit in begrijpelijke woorden en beelden. … @PharosKennis …” / Twitter

–jeroen

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My little tray with neodymium magnets for holding little screws while servicing equipment 

Posted by jpluimers on 2023/03/09

From an interesting thread where Iris Classon had laptop overheating problems (just like I had with a 2015 Retin MacBook Pro in Cleaning the cooling fans of a 15-inch Retina MacBook Pro 2015 model):

My tray is from the lid of a broken container.

I love repurposing the remains of old household items..

The actual problem: dust, just like my MacBook had.

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English time @engIishtime on Twitter with AltTextCrew alt-text: INFORMAL versus FORMAL English terms

Posted by jpluimers on 2023/03/03

[Archive] Alt Text Crew on Twitter: “@jpluimers Repost parent tweet with extracted text in image descriptions https://t.co/OETTugffrm” / Twitter

INFORMAL FORMAL find out ascertain free release obtain get get in touch with contact It concerns purchase It's about buy keep leave out let retain omit permit examine look at make up fabricate need to required point out put off put up rack up ring up indicate delay tolerate accumulate call orry apologise appear establish seem set up show illustrate show up stand for arrive represent start commence think about consider

The original tweet [Archive] did only contained the image, so here is the OCR of the text:

INFORMAL FORMAL
find out ascertain
free release
get obtain
get in touch with contact
It’s about It concerns
buy purchase
keep retain
leave out omit
let permit
look at examine
make up fabricate
need to required
point out indicate
put off delay
put up tolerate
rack up accumulate
ring up call
orry apologise
seem appear
set up establish
show illustrate
show up arrive
stand for represent
start commence
think about consider

–jeroen

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Some Bitly Support links

Posted by jpluimers on 2023/02/27

Knowing part of URL shortening by browsing through shortened URLs and creating auto-generated ones, I was new to create custom shortened URLs.

So here are some links about using bit.ly:

–jeroen

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Bindende uitspraak Kifid: kosten nieuwe hypotheekakte bij eeuwige erfpacht voortaan voor bank

Posted by jpluimers on 2023/02/24

Voor mijn link-archief: [Wayback/Archive] Bindende uitspraak Kifid: kosten nieuwe hypotheekakte bij eeuwige erfpacht voortaan voor bank

–jeroen

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